As a result, the HOLD 10 Index was up approximately 64 percent while having around 37
percent less volatility than bitcoin.»
That is two percent over stocks with more than five
percent less volatility.
For instance, the Private Portfolio returns almost 9 percent, with 40
percent less volatility than the RBC Select Mutual Fund, the most popular mutual fund in Canada.
Not exact matches
From 2012 to 2016, the average annual
volatility was
less than 13
percent on the S&P 500, about 30
percent lower than average.
Continued
volatility in the stock market left broad - market exchange - traded funds nearly unchanged in November, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: SPY) gaining
less than half a
percent for the month.
While gold prices have more or
less remained in a tight band from the start of 2016, the escalating crisis in the Middle East has led to massive
volatility in crude - oil prices, and at the end of November this year, crude oil has rallied by 55
percent compared to the 20 -
percent gain in gold.
The
volatility in the cryptocurrency market is a subject of hot debate due to the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fluctuating to percentages of anywhere from 10 to even 50
percent in
less than 24 hours.
Markets, after nearly a decade of low rates and low growth, are adjusting to the new normal and corresponding
volatility — and while China may own over a trillion dollars of U.S. debt, that's
less than 20
percent of all debt owned by foreign nations, and a fifth of what America owes itself.
During 2017 REITs outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index (9.27
percent vs 7.84
percent) with substantially
less volatility (11.7
percent vs 15.9
percent at the end of December) and an exceptionally low correlation (52
percent at the end of December).